Articles of Confederation & the Constitution

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What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?

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It counted each slave as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.

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Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers, Rights of the Accused. All of these are characteristics of which type of government?

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limited government

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The division of governing power between the national and state/local governments is called

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federalism.

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The United States Congress may pass laws, and they go into effect if the President signs the law. However the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional. This is an example of

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checks and balances

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Why did the Anti-Federalists push for the addition of a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?

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they believed the people's liberties needed protection from the government

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A government principle by which the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are essentially held by different groups and people is called

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separation of powers.

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What are the "Federalist papers"?

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A series of essays advocating for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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The Great Compromise was an agreement on how to....

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determine the structure of the legislative branch of the U.S. government

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Which situation could NOT have occurred under the Articles of Confederation? Options: Congress could ask states for money, a postal service could deliver mail, Congress could tax the American People, states could decide not to follow national law.

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Congress could tax the American People

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Why did anti-federalists fought for the Bill of Rights to be added to the US constitution?

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To protect individual liberties from potential government overreach.